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Barcelona is a settlement built by the Carthaginians. In the fifth century AD, it became the capital of the Principality of Carthage. The city is full of Greek and Roman buildings. It is one of the oldest cities in the Iberian Peninsula and is also the center of the Mediterranean One of the largest ports along the coast.

Barcelona's iron smelting industry is very developed, and most of the blacksmiths in the Visigothic Kingdom are concentrated here. Every morning, there is the sound of "clinking" irons in the city.In the Mediterranean Sea in the [-]th century, iron smelting technology was still very backward, and lump iron smelting was always used. The so-called lump iron smelting refers to the solid iron formed by using iron ore at a relatively low temperature, which contains a large amount of slag, For unburned charcoal, etc., it is necessary to beat out the impurities inside when the temperature of the iron block is high.

In addition to the iron smelting industry, Barcelona's leather processing and wine industry are also very famous, and together with the iron smelting industry, they have become the three major economic pillars of Barcelona.After Li Ke occupied this place, he took a fancy to Barcelona's port and iron smelting industry, which had more development potential than the city of Malaga that he first occupied, so he temporarily moved his residence here.The City Lord's Mansion in Barcelona was originally the Grand Duke's Mansion of the Principality of Carthage, and now it is also renamed Wu Wang's Mansion.

After Li Ke captured the mountain pass in the eastern part of the Pyrenees, he was not in a hurry to eliminate the remnants of the Visigoths on the Iberian Peninsula. Instead, he began to reorganize the army and spread the loose policy he had implemented in the southwest of the peninsula. to the entire peninsula.After all, during this year's campaign, he has laid down land several times larger than before, and if he doesn't manage it again, some troubles are likely to occur.

As for the remaining Visigoths, there is no longer any threat to Li Ke. After he temporarily stabilizes the rule of various places, he can immediately send troops to destroy them.It's just that what Li Ke didn't expect was that he hadn't waited for him to finish rectifying the internal affairs.In the remaining cities of the Visigothic Kingdom, Roman uprisings broke out one after another.Capital Datang 699

Those crazy Romans rushed into the mansion of the Visigothic nobles and released the oppression they had suffered before. Although the Visigothic army tried their best to suppress it, the Romans knew that the entire Iberian Peninsula had changed owners. , The Visigothic kingdom is over, so when facing the Visigothic army, there is no fear.On the contrary, the Visigoths knew that they had nowhere to escape, and they had no fighting spirit at all, so the result can be imagined.

According to Li Ke's final statistics, there were a total of eight cities that revolted, except for one that failed.In the other seven cities, no living Visigoths could be found after the uprising.As for the city where the uprising failed, it was mainly because there were many Gothic troops stationed in the city, and the organizers of the uprising leaked the news in advance. As a result, it was frantically suppressed by the Visigoths. More than half of the people were slaughtered.

Faced with this situation, Li Ke sent people to take over the cities where the uprising was successful.On the one hand, they immediately organized an army, preparing to conquer the city that slaughtered the Romans in the shortest possible time, and to try the Visigoths in the city.This is a good opportunity to win people's hearts.Naturally, Li Ke would not let it go.

This kind of opportunity to buy people's hearts is the most suitable for Li Ke to do it himself, but before he left, he suddenly received a message from Constantinople-Irina is coming!

Under the blue sky.It is a sapphire sea, and a fleet of Roman warships is slowly heading west.The warship in the middle is very huge. Anyone who knows the Roman navy will judge that it is a ten-oared warship, which is several times larger than the surrounding three-oared or five-oared warships. , even enough to rival the main battleships in the Daqi Navy.

However, a large size does not mean strong combat effectiveness. For example, this ten-oared warship is actually very weak in combat effectiveness. Even a small three-oared warship may sink it. The more oar seats, the larger the warship, the more oarsmen it needs, the heavier the ship, the greater the resistance it bears, the more oar seats, the faster the speed. slow.

It is precisely because of this that the main purpose of ships like ten-oar seats is not for combat, but a symbol of status. Generally speaking, the more noble a person is, the more oar seats they travel on. Many, like the ten-oared warship in front of me, the passengers are at least at the level of a grand duke.

Irina stood at the bow of the boat, looking far to the west. She and Li Ke had been separated for more than three years. After the army landed on the Iberian Peninsula, Irina was so excited that she didn't think about eating or drinking for several days. Whenever she thought of the happy time when she was with Li Ke, there was always a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth.

It's just a pity that Li Ke has just landed on the Iberian Peninsula, and he needs to make up his mind on major military and political issues, so he has no time to meet Irina at all.And Irina was limited by her own status, and she couldn't leave Constantinople easily. Therefore, one of them was at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea and the other was at the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. Although they missed each other in their hearts, they couldn't see each other.

Thinking of the lovesickness she has suffered this year, Irina at the bow couldn't help but sigh softly.But then a smile appeared on her face, and now she finally had the chance to come out, and seeing the situation this time, she didn't have to go back to Constantinople in a short time.Thinking of meeting the man of her dreams soon, Irina couldn't help but get excited.As for the tense situation within the Eastern Roman Empire, she might have cared about it before, but now she only hopes to see Li Ke sooner, and everything else is not important to her.

"Irina, are you really not going to join any party this time?" Just as Irina was thinking about Li Ke, suddenly a gray-haired general walked up behind her.This general is tall and burly, with his strong arms "bare" exposed, and his palms look very thick and powerful, so it can be seen that the opponent must be an excellent fighter.The other party was about 50 years old, probably due to long-term exposure to the sun, his skin was red and black, and he had a short gray beard under his jaw. Although he looked a bit old, he still had a sturdy look. gas.

Irina heard the voice behind her, turned slightly to look at the old general, and then said with a smile: "Father, this time is not so much a religious dispute, but a power struggle between their brothers. We don't have to get involved at all."

This old general is Irina's father, named Ophron, a nobleman from the southern provinces, and also an excellent admiral, but unfortunately their hometown has been taken by big cannibals , Ofron had to take his family to Constantine to join his daughter. Later, with the help of Irina, he re-entered the navy and now serves as the commander of the fleet under their feet.

When Ophron heard what his daughter said, he showed hesitation on his face, and finally said: "Irina, His Majesty the Emperor is your husband after all, and this time he ordered that the church is forbidden to discuss the God of Christ. The issue of "sex" and "humanity" is obviously a support for the "sex" faction in our southern province. If you can express your position on behalf of our southern church at this time, it will definitely increase your majesty's reputation. The "Sex" faction can also take the opportunity to expand its influence, and it will be easier to recruit more believers in the future."

Ofron is a devout Christian. Although he knew that Constans II's actions this time were mainly for some political purpose, the current situation is beneficial to their southern church, so he thought he could use this opportunity to To expand the influence of the church, his daughter, as a queen, is also a member of the Southern Church, so she can naturally represent the entire Southern Church at this time.

It's just that Irina still shook her head after hearing this, and Rushui's gaze turned to the west again, but while she was thinking of Li Ke in her heart, she also began to recall what happened in the empire during this period.

The whole thing is very complicated to say. Since Theodosius I made Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire in the fourth century AD, the fate of the entire empire began to be closely linked with Christianity. Later, the Eastern and Western Roman Empires split, and Christianity also It is divided into the Church of Rome and the Church of Constantinople. The Church of Rome is the Catholic Church of later generations, and the Church of Constantine is the Orthodox Church of later generations.

Later, the Western Roman Empire perished, but the Roman Church did not disappear. Instead, it survived attached to various conquerors, and even a barbarian pope appeared. However, at this time, the Roman Church was also at the lowest point in history, and its strength was very weak.

On the other hand, the Orthodox Church in Constantinople is very prosperous. With the expansion of Eastern Rome, it even spread its teachings to Egypt and other places. The monosexual sect that appeared in the southern provinces.Capital Datang 699

Both the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church believe that Christ has both humanity and divinity, without mixing, changing or separating, but the Monophysites believe that Christ has only divinity but no humanity. , So the debate arose, and even to some extent, this debate also affected the Eastern Roman Empire's rule over the southern provinces.

However, with the rise of the Great Food, the southern provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire fell one after another, and the strength of the Christian Monophysite was greatly reduced. The orthodox Orthodox Church became the main religion in the empire, which made the Eastern Roman Empire more pure. , On the contrary, the national power has increased, and even blocked the attack of Dashi.Later, it formed an alliance with Datang, so that Dashi no longer dared to attack the Eastern Roman Empire without authorization.

With the passage of time, the Eastern Roman Empire also slowly recovered its strength from the war, which made Constans II's ambitions grow accordingly, but he did not expect that it was his ambition that made the The Eastern Roman Empire was plunged into a bloody civil strife.

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